Ten Peggers

This is absolute madness and nothing more than that. I left my job

and took two days vacation, went over for two complete days session

for this Ten Pegging game, one of the folk games of Punjab in

Pakistan in the longest day of the year and stood for more than 9

hours in the hot weather and a temparate of over 45C to shot this

game without any shelter. Oh, my God, the dust that you can see over

there was also over my equipment and myself and by the end of day I

was not able to recognize myself. I am in love with that and I guess

that this is a proof of that. I loved this shot and I feel that this

is the best that I would have got. This is the whole essence of the

game, before the final round of the event took up. The dust makes it

look very artistic and very unreal. No Manipulations whatsoever it

may be.

 

Comments/Critics welcome

Balanced...its like a painting.....regards

beautiful composition.

Beautiful shot! I love the dreamy quality created by the dust, flowing robes and gorgeous horses.

very nice composition and light...congrats.

I have seen on photo.net quite some photos from tent pegging in Pakistan. Many of them heavily processed. This one stands out for being more natural. The pastel tones of the landscape are well taken up by the riders who seem to float over the dust. The only suggestion I have is to sharpen the photo moderately before posting it(150%, radius 0.5, treshold 0). Regards. Karl

Thanks a lot for your wonderful comments and suggestions, they have been extremely helpful and will help me in a long way. Thanks a lot once again all you guys.

Excelente encuadre, magnifica luz perfecto color, y bella composicion, saludos cordiales Yasir.

Beautiful shot!

Muy buena foto buen tema, creo que debes de continuar con este tema .